tody alternative, checked 2026-08-11
Tody alternative, and what leaving Tody actually costs
Tody is cheap and it is good at the thing it does. If you are searching for a Tody alternative it is worth being precise about which part is not working, because two of the three usual reasons point straight back at Tody.
short answer
Tody Solo is $9.99 a year, the cheapest app in this comparison, and its official site describes managing cleaning by area and need rather than by weekday. Nudge is $49.99 a year, with no points, no dirtiness level and a streak that forgives a missed day each week. Leaving Tody for Nudge costs you $40 a year and a working routine manager. What it buys is help with starting.
Built from the can't-start problem, not a perfect-home ideal
I build Nudge alone, and I live with executive dysfunction. I designed it around one tiny action, changing capacity, and restarting without a missed-day penalty—the cleaning support I wanted to use myself.
What Tody is good at
Tody's official site describes managing household cleaning by area and need rather than tying every chore to a fixed weekday, and describes the basic version as feature complete for a single user. Areas build up over time and you clean whatever needs it most. If your problem is remembering what is due, that design is a good answer to it, and at $9.99 a year for Tody Solo it is the cheapest answer in this comparison by a wide margin.
See Tody's official product informationWhat each one costs
Tody Solo is $9.99 a year. Nudge Premium is $49.99 a year, or $6.99 a month, or $2.99 a week. Both were read on 2026-08-11.
Nudge is five times the annual price of Tody Solo. If you are switching to save money, stop reading here, because you will not.
Three reasons people look for a Tody alternative
- Price. If this is your reason, Tody already wins. Tody Solo is $9.99 a year and everything else in this comparison costs more, including us.
- Setup. Tody wants you to describe your home before it becomes useful. If the setup is the thing you never finished, a different setup is not the fix. What you need is something that works on a room you have not configured.
- The rooms getting dirtier. Tody shows areas building up over time. That is the feature, and for a lot of people it is exactly why it works. Nudge's rooms do look a little lived-in after a quiet spell, but there is no dirtiness level and nothing turns red. If a level creeping toward needing attention is what makes you avoid opening the app, that is the one reason Nudge could be worth $40 a year more to you.
Tody and Nudge, side by side
| What we checked | Tody | Nudge |
|---|---|---|
| Paid plan price | $9.99 per year for Tody Solo | $49.99 per year, $6.99 per month, or $2.99 per week |
| Cheaper of the two | Tody, by $40 a year. | No. Nudge is five times the price of Tody Solo. |
| Points, streaks, coins, or a leaderboard | Its official site describes rooms that build up a dirtiness level over time rather than a fixed weekday calendar. | No points, coins or leaderboard. It does keep a forgiving streak, which covers a missed day each week and waits during a break, and levels that only go up. Finished tasks fill in Mochi's Place, a companion cat's island of rooms that only grows. |
| What a missed week does | Areas keep building up until you clean them. | The streak starts again from one, unless the week was a break, and a room can look a little lived-in until you finish something there. Nothing changes colour and painted rooms stay painted. Tasks wait. |
| Setup before it is useful | You describe your home and its areas first. | Pick a room, your energy right now, and how long you have. No configuration first. |
| Help with the very first action | Shows you which area most needs cleaning. | One tiny task, Start Rescue when you are frozen, Panic Clean, a task broken into steps, or an optional room photo when you cannot pick a starting point. |
| Free tier | Its official site describes the basic version as feature complete for a single user. | No free tier. Monthly and Annual include a 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers; Weekly has none. You can try one tiny task before you choose a plan. |
Every price and feature in this table was read on 2026-08-11 from each app's own website or current App Store listing. Apps change their pricing and their free tiers. Confirm anything that matters to you in the store before you subscribe.
Tody cells describe what Tody publishes about itself on todyapp.com. Nudge is iPhone only and needs iOS 16.4 or later, so if you are on Android this comparison cannot help you and you should check what Tody supports today.
When Tody is the better choice
- Price is the deciding factor. Tody Solo is $9.99 a year and nothing here beats it.
- Your problem is remembering what is due, not starting once you know.
- You want a whole-home overview and you are happy to set one up.
- You are not on an iPhone.
- A room that visibly needs attention reads as a useful prompt to you, not a reason to avoid the app.
When Nudge is the better choice
- You downloaded Tody and never finished setting it up.
- You already know exactly what needs cleaning and still cannot start.
- Watching a dirtiness level climb is what makes you stop opening the app.
- You want the plan to shrink on a low-energy day instead of staying the same size.
- You are on iPhone and $40 a year is worth having no dirtiness level and no points.
Tody has a free version. Nudge does not. Here is ours, exactly.
Nudge has no free tier. Onboarding shows the plans after a few questions, and “not yet” lets you try one tiny task before you choose. Every plan includes the whole app: one tiny task at a time, Start Rescue, Panic Clean, Scan My Mess, voice-guided sessions, task breakdowns, rooms, the five-minute reset, widgets and lock-screen timers, and Mochi's Place, the companion cat whose island of rooms fills in with every finished task.
Weekly is $2.99 with no trial. Monthly is $6.99 and Annual is $49.99, and both include a 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. Tody's own site describes its basic version as feature complete for a single user, which is a genuinely strong free offer and, on free, clearly beats ours.
Two other apps worth a look
Sweepy
$19.99 a year. Its official site describes shared household chores, automatically generated schedules, effort points, and a leaderboard.
Tidywell
The closest competitor to Nudge on tone, at $39.99 a year. The hub says exactly where it beats us and where it does not.
Sweepy vs Tody
If Tody is on your list, Sweepy probably is too. They are answers to two different questions and this page separates them.
No dirtiness level. Nothing turns red.
Nudge is a subscription on iPhone with a 7-day free trial on Monthly and Annual. It costs $49.99 a year, which is $40 more than Tody Solo, and what you are paying for is help with starting, not a tracker.
Tody alternative questions
Is there a free Tody alternative?
Not a free one. Nudge has no free tier: it is a subscription with a 7-day free trial on the Monthly and Annual plans, and you can try one tiny task before you choose a plan. Tody's own site describes its basic version as feature complete for a single user, so on free, Tody wins outright.
How much does Tody cost?
$9.99 a year for Tody Solo, read on 2026-08-11. That is the cheapest paid plan of the apps compared here. Confirm it in the store before you subscribe, because pricing changes.
Is Nudge cheaper than Tody?
No. Nudge Premium is $49.99 a year, five times Tody Solo's $9.99. Nudge is the more expensive app and the reason to pay for it is help with starting, not the price.
Does Nudge track rooms getting dirtier over time?
Not as a score. A room on Mochi's island starts to look lived-in when you have not finished anything there for a while: a few things lying around, and finishing a step there tidies one away. There is no dirtiness level, no percentage and nothing red, and the rooms you painted stay painted.
Is Nudge available on Android?
No. Nudge is iPhone only and needs iOS 16.4 or later. Check Tody's own store listing for the platforms it supports today.
How we checked, and when
Prices and features were read on 2026-08-11 from each app's own website or current App Store listing, and Nudge's own details were updated on 2026-10-13, for version 1.3.5. Confirm anything that matters to you in the store before you subscribe. The method, its limits, and how to report an error are on the comparison hub: how we checked, and when.
Nudge organizes cleaning tasks; it does not diagnose or treat ADHD.